Dementia Care: 5 Ways To Improve Quality of Life
The Quality Care Campaign are delighted to feature a guest blog from Holly on behalf of FirstCare, who explains how to improve the quality of life for those with dementia,…
Older people less anxious, more active and less likely to fall in retirement communities
A new report shows older people benefit from improved physical and mental health in retirement communities, resulting in cost savings to the NHS. Findings from the independent study into healthy…
Jo Cox foundation backs campaign to end loneliness
The below article originally appeared on the NHS England website. The sister of MP Jo Cox is backing an anti-loneliness campaign to help 30,000 people avoid health and wellbeing problems…
‘Willowstone appears to be making headway!’ – a guest blog by Samantha
In February, the Quality Care Campaign interviewed and wrote about the woman that left care because she had enough of what she saw and decided to act. Today, Samantha from…
Homage to historic cinema at Tyneside care home
A care home in Tyneside revived a historic cinema - long since it was demolished and replaced by the care home. The Rex was brought back to life by staff…
Community honour after family rack up nearly 100 years of volunteering for Veterans’ charity
A family has been recognised for their many years of volunteering by the Mayor of Kingston. Sisters Lesley Parvin and Shirley Pass, and their husbands John Parvin and Terry Pass,…
Nursing homes residents welcome a robotic seal as their new pet
The below article appeared on The Carer UK. A forward-thinking, furry, robotic seal pup will provide pet therapy with a difference to nursing home residents living with dementia in Shropshire…
Great Oaks head chef announced finalist of South West Regional Cook-offs
Patrick Fensterseifer, head chef of Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth, is celebrating being named a finalist of the South West Regional Cook-Offs in the NACC Care Chef of the…
International research shows dementia rates falling by 15% per decade over last 30 years
International experts have presented research indicating that dementia incidence rates may be falling by up to 15% decade on decade. The findings were discussed in March at the Alzheimer's Research…
MRC scientists make discovery in head-injury associated dementia – Alzheimer’s Society comment
Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) have revealed the atomic structures of the abnormal tau filaments associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a head…